Unrest (film)
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| Unrest | |
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| Directed by | Jason Todd Ipson |
| Written by | Chris Billett Jason Todd Ipson |
| Starring | Corri English Scot Davis Joshua Alba Jay Jablonski Marisa Petroro Derrick O'Connor Reb Fleming |
| Editing by | Mike Saenz |
| Distributed by | Freestyle Releasing LLC |
| Release date(s) | 2006 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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| Allmovie profile | |
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Unrest is an independent horror film. It was shown at the horror film festival 8 Films To Die For during the 2006 fall season.
[edit] Plot
The film revolves around a cadaver who seems to bring misfortune on those who come in contact with it.
Although there is very little corporeal manifestation of the ghosts, people seem to die when they enrage the spirit which is linked with a special cadaver - by disrespecting it or otherwise. The story takes place mostly inside a hospital, where a young female med student, Alison Blanchard, comes to learn anatomy. By observing the cadaver she was assigned, she discovers that the body had self inflicted wounds, also had a child. She soon discovers that there is something wrong with the cadaver, which they have nicknamed as Norma.
Near the end, it is revealed that the cadaver belonged to a person called Alita Covas, who once led an archaeological expedition on an Aztec sacrificial site. There she uncovered 50,000 bodies which were offered to Tlazolteotl, the Aztec god of fertility and prostitution. Afterwards, she became a prostitute, and started showing symptoms of mental imbalance. Later in her life, she committed murders and was subsequently put in a mental asylum where she died - presumably by her own hand.
Once Alison learns of the true nature of the cadaver, she decides the corpse must return to Brazil to satisfy the Aztec god. After a series of gruesome events, Alison and her classmate/love interest chop up Alita's corpse and cremate her in the hospital. In the end, Alison heads to Brazil to spread the ashes in an attempt to put the spirit at rest; however, it is suggested in the final scene that the spirit remains in the hospital, as it was the place where the body was cremated.
[edit] Trivia
The Aztec Empire was established in Mexico, never in Brazil.
The film was shot in a real morgue, where the cast experienced some haunting dreams. The trailer claims that real bodies were used.
This is not the first film to use real bodies. In Poltergeist the scene where the mother falls into the pool and the skeletons attack her the skeletons used were real, and were buried in the spot of the set.
Likewise, in Men Behind the Sun, a genuine child's body was used for an autopsy scene.
[edit] External links
- Trailer at apple.com
- Unrest at the Internet Movie Database
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